Date:  Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:58:46 EST

From:  David Bergdahl <bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>

Subject: bunc[ombe]



          Ohio University Electronic Communication





  Date: 15-Feb-1996 12:58pm EST



   To: Remote Addressee           ( _MX%"ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU )



  From: David Bergdahl               Dept: English

     BERGDAHL                 Tel No: (614) 593-2783



Subject: bunc[ombe]





>From: simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU

>Subject: Re: two questions: boink and fish shan

>To: Multiple recipients of list ADS-L <ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu>

>

>

>In New York, isn't it mostly the bunk?

>

>

>beth simon



Beth, isn't that bunkum from Buncombe, N.C.?--as Mencken tells it, a

representative from Buncombe ended his speeches with "I'm from Buncombe"and he

was parodied as from bunkum. See Raven McDavid's 1-vol abridgement, p. 179.

DARE also lists meanings of "excellent" & "crappy." Deconstructionists take

notice!



Also in DARE, Larry, is my sense of bunk [prob. alteration of bump] #2 which is

listed as "NYC, esp Brooklyn." Yep, born there! Another poster's wife from N.J.

used it that way as well. Earlier usage is belly-bunk, bunt < sledding. An

extended meaning in marbles sense #3. All the fun things we learn from DARE!!!



BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

        David Bergdahl

        "Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"--Anya Briggs









Received: 15-Feb-1996 12:58pm